Bethesda’s Fallout 3 Predicted the US-Canada Merger That Trump Is Currently Proposing

SUMMARY

• The game’s backstory involves the U.S. annexing Canada for its resources and strategic value.
• Donald Trump recently suggested that the U.S. spends too much on Canada’s safety and stability.
• Gamers have noted striking similarities between the game’s annexation storyline and Trump’s comments.

When Bethesda released Fallout 3 in 2008, it offered players a dark and fascinating vision of a post-apocalyptic world, due to a nuclear war. One of the game’s backstory elements: the annexation of Canada by the U.S., stood out as an eerie commentary on geopolitics and resource exploitation.

The game predicted the recent comment by President Trump. | Image Credit: Bethesda

Fast forward to today, and the game’s history sounds a bit too familiar. Recent suggestions by Donald Trump about the potential merger of the United States and Canada have led gamers to draw parallels to the fictional events of the Fallout series. Some even suggest that the game may have predicted the future.

Donald Trump’s recent proposal echoes Fallout 3‘s lore

The game showcases a history where the U.S. annexed Canada. | Image Credit: Bethesda

In Fallout 3, Canada’s annexation by the United States was a slow and calculated process driven by resource exploitation and military strategy. The exploitation began in 2059 when the U.S. tried to establish the Anchorage Front Line in Alaska to protect vital oil fields from Chinese expansion.

To achieve this, the U.S. needed access to Canadian territory, where portions of the Alaskan pipeline ran. After some pressure, Canada reluctantly allowed American troops to station near the pipeline. However, as tensions with China escalated, America’s military presence in Canada expanded.

The country’s vast timber and crude oil resources were heavily exploited to support the U.S. war effort. By 2072, widespread riots and sabotage attempts gave the U.S. government a chance to officially annex Canada.

This fictional annexation has striking similarities with Donald Trump’s recent comments (At a Mar-a-Lago news conference). Trump argued that the U.S. spends significant resources yearly to ensure Canada’s safety and stability, which he suggested could be better justified if Canada was a U.S. state.

While he framed the argument into a practical one, integrating economics and security, the reasoning mirrors the rationale used in the game, where resource control and strategic interests outweighed concerns for Canadian independence.

Gamers claim Fallout 3 predicted Trump’s remarks

The series has a deep and rich lore. | Image Credit: Bethesda

The idea of a U.S.-Canada union/merger is not new, it has been proposed several times throughout history. However, Canada has been resisting the pressures and has forged its own national identity while maintaining close ties with its southern neighbor.

So, when Donald Trump recently floated the idea of a U.S.-Canada merger, gamers were quick to draw parallels to Fallout 3. For them, it felt like a déjà vu moment, as similar events had occurred in the game’s story.

Trump’s suggestion may seem novel, but it taps into a long-standing historical context. While his suggestion is hypothetical, it mirrors the justification found in Fallout 3, where the U.S. frames its annexation of Canada as a matter of practical necessity rather than ambition.

In the end, whether or not Trump’s comments were a serious suggestion, they’ve provided a striking real-world parallel to one of the series’ storylines, which ultimately led to disaster.

Written by Shubham Chaurasia

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Shubham is a tryhard gamer who loves to play and write about games/news. At first, writing was just a hobby but now its his profession. If he is not online lurking in Valorant or trying his luck in gacha games, you can find him binging on some anime series.